I found this amusing photograph at the NARA II, College Park, MD, last month. The caption reads: "What was intended to be a formidable trap for advancing allied armies turns out to be an excellent place to dry washing. PFC Anthony Mesinko, Cleveland, Ohio, uses the barbed wire of the 'impregnable' Siegfried Line to hang out his clothes." Date: 15 September 1944. Photographer: Wescott. SC 194510, Credit NARA. Dave
Thank goodness the British have a sense of humor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BuetfQ3xQw&feature=related http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We%27re_Going_to_Hang_out_the_Washing_on_the_Siegfried_Line Dave